King James Version (KJV)
Job 28:19
“The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.”
Verse in context — Job 28
17
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.
18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
19
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?
21
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
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